The issue of a double recovery can arise when a worker is injured during, and in the course of, their employment as a result of a vehicle accident.It is the general consensus, however, that a workers’ compensation insurance…

The Bankruptcy Code governs a trustee’s or debtor in possession’s employment of attorneys, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers and other professional persons to represent or assist in carrying out duties under the Bankruptcy Code. Generally, the trustee or debtor in possession had broad latitude in the selection of professional persons to be employed.

This is a reprint of a previous article written by Allen Turner Law originally posted June 1 2014 Contested Matters Whenever there is an actual dispute, other than an adversary proceeding, before the bankruptcy court, the litigation to resolve that dispute is a...

The Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act provides benefits for employees who have had a work-related injury to cover medical bills and missing wages. While also protecting the employer, it sets the benefit amounts that each employee is permitted. Adopted in 1920, the Act has helped Georgia workers with their injuries under Georgia law code: Title 34, Chapter 9.

Those workers’ compensation cases that involve falls and overexertion are awarded nearly $25 billion every year. These types of injuries in the workplace are in the top ten sources of serious but nonfatal on the job injuries according to the National Academy of Social Insurance and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since 2014, these ranked in the top 10 for a total of 15 years straight. Considering the number of people in the today’s workforce, there is an enormous number of employees who due to falls and overexertion are injured in their line of work.